Lemon Snowdrops recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
½ cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup water
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons lemon zest
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 drops yellow food coloring

Nutrition Info

144.1 calories
carbohydrate: 15.5 g
cholesterol: 22.9 mg
fat: 8.7 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 5.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 110.2 mg
sugar: 6.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degree C).

  2. Cream 1 cup butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar. Add 2 cups flour, lemon extract, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, mix well.

  3. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Put together with filling. Roll in confectioners' sugar.

  4. To Make Filling: Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 2 Tablespoons cornstarch, and dash of salt. Add 1/2 cup water, 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine, 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind, 3 Tablespoons lemon juice, and 3 drops of yellow food coloring. Bring to rolling boil, stirring constantly, boil and stir 1 minutes. Cool. Frost flat side of one cookie and put together with another cookie, sandwich-like. Roll in confectioners' sugar.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

Lemon cookie sandwiches!

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